A review of techniques for monitoring the success of peatland restoration

Bonnett, Samuel A.F.; Ross, S.; Linstead, C; Maltby, E.

Abstract

An important element of all peatland restoration
projects is a programme of monitoring to check
results and progress. Several peat project
workshops identified a demand for technical
guidance on monitoring techniques. So Natural
England commissioned this study to:
 -Review the range of peatland restoration
monitoring techniques available.
 -Identify those that were consistent, informative
and easily applicable for peatland restoration
projects at a range of scales and budgets.

Tables to identify appropriate monitoring
techniques for specific projects are published in
the Technical Information Note TIN097 -
Guidelines for monitoring peatland restoration.
Further information on these techniques is
provided in this report.
The findings of this study have been used to:
 -Inform the JNCC project to design a research
programme on UK Peatland Green House Gas
and Carbon Flux.
 -Develop thinking on monitoring peatlands in
the IUCN UK Peatland Programme.
 -Inform hydrological monitoring programmes for
the Dartmoor and Exmoor Mires Project.
These findings are being disseminated to:
 -Encourage the use of balanced and consistent
approaches to peatland restoration monitoring.
 -Develop consistency in monitoring approaches
so as to enable possible future collation of
peatland monitoring data as a single database
resource.

A single database resource of peatland
restoration would enable more robust analyses
of monitoring data to support the development
and implementation of future support and
management techniques for peatland
restoration.

• Report Type: Technical Report
• Publication Date: Jan 1, 2009
• Publicly Available Date: Jun 8, 2019
• Print ISSN: 2040-5545
• Peer Reviewed: Not Peer Reviewed
• Series Title: Natural England Commissioned Reports
• Series Number: 086
• Keywords: techniques, monitoring, peatland, restoration
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/1000923
• Additional Information: Additional Information : Copyright remains with Natural England, 1 East Parade, Sheffield, S1 2ET; Corporate Creators : Natural England